Contesting Religion: The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2018

Contesting Religion

The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia

Edited by: Knut Lundby

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110502060

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As Scandinavian societies experience increased ethno-religious diversity, their Christian-Lutheran heritage and strong traditions of welfare and solidarity are being challenged and contested. This book explores conflicts related to religion as they play out in public broadcasting, social media, local civic settings, and schools. It examines how the mediatization of these controversies influences people’s engagement with contested issues about religion, and redraws the boundaries between inclusion and exclusion.

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS
Lynn Schofield Clark, Professor of Media, Film, and Journalism at the University of Denver, Colorado, USA
Marie Gillespie, Professor of Sociology at the Open University, UK
Birgit Meyer, Professor of Religious Studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Author / Editor information

Knut Lundby, University of Oslo, Norway.

Reviews

"The book is a rich source for further academic inquiry, opening up for possible new directions forward, empirically and theoretically in tune with challenges in contemporary Scandinavian society."
Tomas Axelson in: Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 32.1 (2019), 91-93

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Preface Open Access Download PDF	V
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	XI
List of Figures Open Access Download PDF	XIII
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	1
Introduction: Religion and Media in Cultural Conflicts Knut Lundby Open Access Download PDF	3
Part I: Contexts
Chapter 1 Scandinavia: Traits, Trends and Tensions Knut Lundby and Pål Repstad Open Access Download PDF	13
Chapter 2 Attitudes: Tendencies and Variations Mia Lövheim, Haakon H. Jernsletten, David Herbert, Knut Lundby and Stig Hjarvard Open Access Download PDF	33
Chapter 3 Understanding Media Dynamics Stig Hjarvard and Knut Lundby Open Access Download PDF	51
Chapter 4 Approaching Contested Religion Mia Lövheim and Liv Ingeborg Lied Open Access Download PDF	65
Public Service Media
Chapter 5 Perspectives: Cross-Pressures on Public Service Media Knut Lundby, Stig Hjarvard, Mia Lövheim and Mona Abdel-Fadil Open Access Download PDF	83
Chapter 6 Nationalizing Christianity and Hijacking Religion on Facebook Mona Abdel-Fadil Open Access Download PDF	97
Chapter 7 Planning Public Debate: Beyond Entrenched Controversies About Islam Stig Hjarvard and Mattias Pape Rosenfeldt Open Access Download PDF	117
Chapter 8 Contradicting Ideals: Islam on Swedish Public Service Radio Mia Lövheim and Linnea Jensdotter Open Access Download PDF	135
Local Civic Settings
Chapter 9 Perspectives: Theorizing Mediatized Civic Settings and Cultural Conflict David Herbert Open Access Download PDF	155
Chapter 10 Moral Involvement or Religious Scepticism? Local Christian Publications on Asylum Seekers Pål Repstad Open Access Download PDF	171
Chapter 11 Media, Muslims and Minority Tactics: Compelling Dialogues in Norway Louise Lund Liebmann Open Access Download PDF	187
Chapter 12 Life in the Spotlight: Danish Muslims, Dual Identities, and Living with a Hostile Media Janna Hansen and David Herbert Open Access Download PDF	205
Upper Secondary Schools
Chapter 13 Perspectives: Mediatized Religious Education Audun Toft and Maximilian Broberg Open Access Download PDF	225
Chapter 14 ‘Let me Entertain You’: Media Dynamics in Public Schools Liv Ingeborg Lied and Audun Toft Open Access Download PDF	243
Chapter 15 Inescapable News Coverage: Media Influence on Lessons About Islam Audun Toft Open Access Download PDF	259
Part III: Crosscurrents
Chapter 16 Gender, Diversity and Mediatized Conflicts of Religion: Lessons from Scandinavian Case Studies Mona Abdel-Fadil and Louise Lund Liebmann Open Access Download PDF	281
Chapter 17 Interaction Dynamics in the Mediatization of Religion Thesis Knut Lundby Open Access Download PDF	299
Chapter 18 Globalization and the Mediatization of Religion: From Scandinavia to the World Lynn Schofield Clark and Marie Gillespie Open Access Download PDF	315
Afterword: Media Dynamics of Religious Diversity Birgit Meyer Open Access Download PDF	333
Appendix: Regression Analyses to Chapter 2 Haakon H. Jernsletten Open Access Download PDF	339
Author Bios Open Access Download PDF	343
Index Open Access Download PDF	347

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Media and communication scholars, sociologists, and scholars of religion
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 355
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 10
Keywords: Mediatization of religion; Cultural conflict; Scandinavia

eBook

Published: July 9, 2018
ISBN: 9783110502060

Paperback

Published: July 9, 2018
ISBN: 9783110501711